Your child has a brain tumor. I can’t remember exactly how or who said those words to my husband and me. Our 7-month old daughter had been admitted into the hospital for tests several days before—failure to thrive was the initial diagnosis. As it turned out, she was a lot sicker than her pediatrician initially … Continued
Paper piles nearly cover the windowsill as his wife tries to concentrate on paying bills. I am here to help translate what the various doctors and nurses are seeing when I notice her husband’s eyes are suddenly open. For the past few days her husband of over 55 years lay almost comatose as the family … Continued
I have a daughter who was born in China. She is one of the lucky ones whose birthmother saved her life by abandoning her on the steps of a local hospital in a rural region of China. Millions more baby girls are believed to have been killed due to the enormous pressure on Chinese families … Continued